Seattle cornerback Brandon Browner rushes for four yards after intercepting a pass during the second half of Thursday's game in San Francisco. The 49ers won 13-6.Tony Avelar/The Associated Press

As they returned to practice on Monday in Renton, Wash., the Seahawks were still smarting about a 13-6 loss to San Francisco on Thursday night that was punctuated by dropped passes and a defense that failed to adjust to what the 49ers were doing with their successful run game.

And Seattle was responding to comments from 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and his belief that Seattle's defensive backs were overly physical with San Francisco's wide receivers, to the point he intended on speaking with the league.

Harbaugh said Friday he felt Seattle's defensive backs were pushing the rules on the amount of contact allowed down field. Seattle coach Pete Carroll didn't agree.

"I just looked at the film. I heard about the comments and wanted to see what was the point and I thought it was a very normal game," Carroll said on Monday. "I thought our guys played really hard and tough and they did too and that was it. I don't know what the reference was about. I just hope it doesn't go any farther, like to the league. There is no need for it to."

One of the players in questions, Seattle cornerback Brandon Browner, felt Harbaugh's comments were "obnoxious" considering the 49ers won the game and took over first-place in the NFC West.

"You're supposed to be happy after you win a football game, right?" the former Oregon State standout told The Associated Press. "I'm not big for media anyway, that's just who he is I guess since they won the football game. It's obnoxious to me since they won the football game. We play a physical sport."

Browner was one of the more penalized defensive backs in the league last year and along with fellow Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman, has drawn praise and complaints for their hands-on, physical approach they take in trying to fluster wide receivers. Browner has not been flagged for either defensive pass interference or illegal contact this season and has just one defensive holding penalty. Last year he was flagged 13 times for those same penalties.

"I just went out there and did my thing. Didn't get any penalties called. I thought I played a good game from that aspect," Browner said.

Also playing tough was former Grant High standout Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions.

In Monday night's 13-7 loss to the Chicago Bears, Suh sacked quarterback Jay Cutler in the second quarter, ultimately sending Cutler to the locker room to have his ribs examined. Cutler shook off the apparent injury and the Bears won their fourth straight.

“He’s a tough guy,” Bears coach Lovie Smith said. “Most people thought Jay would get up. Unless it’s a broken leg or something like that, he’s going to get up. He is a tough guy. ... That was a gutsy effort by him. He was in some pain, but he fought through it.”

On Sunday, St. Louis running back Steven Jackson dashed for his first touchdown of the year in the Rams' 30-20 loss to Green Bay. The former Oregon State standout managed to trim the deficit to a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter -- as close as St. Louis would get to the Packers.

Here is our weekly look at how NFL players with ties to Oregon and Southwest Washington fared: